M: Well, it seems to me that the choice must be between Atlanta City and Los Angeles. Atlanta City

has the advantage of being closest to New York City, so coming home would be relatively easy

and inexpensive. Los Angeles, on the other hand, sounds like the most interesting place from a

cultural point of view. skiing and we could go skiing at weekends in the winter. can.

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NEWS ITEM 1

Rescuers are searching the waters off Lebanon for the 90 passengers and crew of an Ethiopian

Airlines plane that crashed shortly after takeoff Monday. Several bodies have already been pulled from the sea, but no survivors have been found. Lebanese officials have called for a day of mourning for those killed when the plane went down in stormy weather in the early hours of from Beirut and was headed to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, when it went down in the Mediterranean a few kilometers off Lebanon’s coast. Witnesses report seeing the plane on fire before it crashed. Authorities say more than 50 Lebanese passengers boarded the plane as well as more than 20 Ethiopians, in addition to the crew members. Suleiman says preparations are being made for relatives of those on board to receive information about the search efforts.

NEWS ITEM 2

China’s parliament opens its annual session on Friday, as policymakers seek answers to some

Western sounding problems. clothing and housing,” says NPC spokesman Li Zhaoxing, responding to a Chinese reporter’s question on what China plans to do to stabilize the sky-rocketing home prices. other policy measures aimed at keeping China’s strong economic growth.

NEWS ITEM 3